{"id":2962,"date":"2025-11-22T05:21:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T05:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=2962"},"modified":"2025-11-22T05:21:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T05:21:54","slug":"major-maga-figure-marjorie-taylor-greene-resigns-after-trump-clash-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=2962","title":{"rendered":"Major MAGA figure Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns after Trump clash | Politics News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>\u2018Standing up for American women who were raped at 14\u2019 should not result in being called a \u2018traitor\u2019 by Trump, Greene says in resignation statement.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 22 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">22 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div 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class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene, an influential figure among the far right and longtime ally of Donald Trump who recently had a dramatic falling out with the United States president, has said she is quitting her seat in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLoyalty should be a two-way street\u201d, while Congress \u201chas mostly been sidelined\u201d under the Trump administration, Greene posted in a lengthy resignation statement on social media late on Friday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>In her video statement, the 51-year-old congresswoman from Georgia said she had \u201calways represented the common American man and woman as a member of the House of Representatives, which is why I\u2019ve been despised in Washington, DC, and never fit in\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Greene said she did not want her supporters and family to endure \u201ca hurtful and hateful primary against me by the President we all fought for\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump responded to the news, saying: \u201cI think it\u2019s great news for the country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great,\u201d ABC News quoted Trump as saying in an interview.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My message to Georgia\u2019s 14th district and America.<br \/>Thank you. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tSoHCeAjn1\">pic.twitter.com\/tSoHCeAjn1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marjorie Taylor Greene \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@mtgreenee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtgreenee\/status\/1992035608387039359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Previously an icon of Trump\u2019s Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, Greene had a very public falling out with Trump, with the president announcing earlier this month that he was withdrawing all support for the congresswoman he described as \u201c\u2018Wacky\u2019 Marjorie\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Greene has cited as a cause for her rift with Trump her outspoken advocacy for releasing the government\u2019s files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had dismissed the Epstein issue as a \u201cDemocrat hoax\u201d and has struggled with uproar in his MAGA base over his U-turn on a pre-election promise to release government files on the case.<\/p>\n<p>But under mounting pressure from within his own party and Democrats, Trump signed a bill this week to release the Epstein files after a motion to release them passed in the House and Senate with overwhelming support.<\/p>\n<p>In her resignation statement, Greene referenced the Epstein controversy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStanding up for American women who were raped at 14, trafficked and used by rich, powerful men should not result in me being called a traitor and threatened by the president of the United States, whom I fought for,\u201d Greene said.<\/p>\n<p>Greene also this year became the first Republican lawmaker to call US ally Israel\u2019s assault on Gaza a genocide.<\/p>\n<p>Trump followed up his withdrawal of support for Greene earlier this month with multiple posts on his Truth Social platform attacking the lawmaker as a \u201clightweight\u201d and even a \u201ctraitor\u201d to the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Greene subsequently said she was being targeted by a wave of threats.<\/p>\n<p>The move by Greene to resign from Congress before the 2026 midterms is the clearest sign yet of a growing split in the MAGA world amid strong Democratic victories in this month\u2019s off-year elections, and Trump\u2019s warm White House meeting earlier on Friday with New York\u2019s leftist Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4122321\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4122321\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4122321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AFP__20251121__84T33D9__v1__HighRes__UsPoliticsTrump-1763762754.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Trump and Mamdani in the Oval Office\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4122321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US President Donald Trump meets with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 21, 2025 [Jim Watson\/AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Standing up for 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